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E. W. M. HUGHES. TRUCK.

No. 408,027. Patented July 30, 1889.

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E. W. M. Enema. TRUCK.

No. 408,027. Patented Julyso, 1889.

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EDIVARD WVILLIAM MACKENZIE HUGHES, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO THEFOX SOLID PRESSED STEEL COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

TRUCK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 408,027, dated July 30,1889.

Application filed March 14, 1889.

To all whom it 'ntay concern.-

Be it known that I, EDWARD IVILLIAM MAC- KENZIE HUGHES, of Chicago, Cookcounty, Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Trucks,of which the following is a full, true, and exact description, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to an improved construction of metallic trucksand truck-frames IO for railroad-cars, especially as adapted tosixwheeled cars. The parts herein referred to are generally made ofpressed steel.

My invention will be readily understood from the accompanying drawings,in which- Figure 1 represents a plan view; Fig. 2, an outside lateralelevation of the side of the truck-frame; Fig. 3, a section through Fig.l on the line 1) c; Fig. 4, a section through Fig. 1 on the line a: 00;and Fig. 5, a section through Fig. 1 on the line 1 y, or the line ,2 2,Fig. 3.

My truck consists, generally, of the side frames A A, which are formedof double angle-iron of the shape shown, having flanges B and C, asclearly shown in Fig. at. The end pieces D D are hollow boxesfittingover the ends of the side pieces A A. The truck-frame has an additionalframing of transverse pieces F F, which have the general form ofchannelbeams, Fig. 3, and longitudinal pieces E E, preferablybox-shaped, as shown in Fig. 3. The channel-beams F F, which may beboxshaped, if desired, rest upon the inside flanges O C, while thepieces E E rest, and are supported within the corresponding boxes F and3 5 D. The frames for the axle-boxes are strengthened within by havingthe parts K K folded back, as shown. The two inside brackets P P restupon the inwardly-projecting flange C, while the two outer ones P P restupon the upper surface of the cross-beams F. These brackets are for thepurpose of carrying the swinging links for the bolster-planks. The

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centerplate J'rests upon the arch-beams H H. The ends of thesearch-beams are fastened to the transverse beams G G, and the arch-beamsare attached thereto by the upper plates L L and the lower plates M M,as shown. The attachment between the center plate J an d its attachedportions and the truck-frame may be done in any suitable manner, and isnot in- (heated in these drawings. The various parts are fastenedtogether in any well-known way, as, for instance, by bolting or welding.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination of the side pieces A A, having flanges B and O onalternate sides thereof, with the end boxes D D, substantially as andfor the purposes described.

2. The combination-of the side pieces A A, having internal flanges C,with the end box D, and the transverse framing F, supported upon theflanges O, substantially as described.

3. The combination of the side pieces A A, having internal flanges C,with the end box D, the transverse framing F, supported upon the flangesG, and the longitudinal beams E E, resting on the flanges of the parts Fand D, substantially as described.

4. The side frames having flanges B C, the internal flange 0 beingfolded back, as at K, substantially as described.

5. The arch-beam connections shown, consisting of the two channelarch-beams H H, and the cross-pieces G G, attached to the beams H H byplates L M, substantially as described.

I11 testimony whereof I have signed my name toithis specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

EDWARD WILLIAM MACKENZIE HUGHES.

IVitnesses:

WM. Voss, W. S. HARTWELL.

